Shopee parent Sea predicts sales doubling as online shopping boom persists

Sea expects e-commerce revenue to also double in 2021.

Migrant burden: How foreign workers are illegally recruited in Singapore

CloseUp investigates why some workers have to pay thousands of dollars to get jobs that few locals want.

259 billionaires were created in China last year - more than the rest of the world combined

China now has 1,058 billionaires, the first country to break the 1,000 mark.

World will not vanquish Covid-19 this year: WHO

New case numbers rose last week in Europe, the Americas, South-east Asia and the eastern Mediterranean.

Can the US deter China from attacking Taiwan?

Calls by Myanmar anti-coup protesters for international military intervention get louder

The outcome could depend on the special Asean foreign ministers meeting being planned for Tuesday.

Singapore factory output extends rebound, rising 8.6% in January

Singapore's manufacturing output continued expanding last month, driven mainly by electronics and precision engineering.